Three UW professors win Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers

Three UW professors win Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers

Engineering | Honors and awards | News releases | Research | Science February 18, 2016 Shwetak Patel, Luke Zettlemoyer, David Masiello (left to right) Three University of Washington professors have received the 2016 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor given by the U.S. government to early career scientists and engineers. David Masiello, an assistant professor of chemistry and adjunct assistant professor of applied mathematics; Shwetak Patel, the Washington Research Foundation Entrepreneurship Endowed Professor in Computer Science and Engineering and Electrical Engineering; and Luke Zettlemoyer, associate professor of computer science and engineering, were among the 105 recipients announced by the White House Thursday. Awardees are selected for their “pursuit of innovative research at the frontiers of science and technology and their commitment to community service as demonstrated…